open call

Odyssée artist-in-residency program 2022

With the support of the French Ministry of Culture, the ACCR has been coordinating the Odyssée artist-in-residency program. The program is aiming at artists, researchers and culture professionals from countries other than France wanting to develop projects within French Cultural Centers – Historic Monuments.

More than 700 artists from over 79 different countries have taken part in the program, developing projects in different areas such as music, architecture, arts and crafts, visual arts, dramatic writing, novel writing, scriptwriting, animated film-making, photography and journalism.

The 2022 call for projects is open until the 15th of March 2022.

We highly encourage feminine applications.

Applications for a residency period in the area of artistic and cultural projects must be in line with the artistic project of the selected French cultural center (list available online).

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  • Artists, researchers and culture professionals wanting to apply for a residency period within a French Cultural Center, have to fill-in the form following the link: https://forms.gle/pPES4i6eAJG58bnC6, before the 15th of March 2022.
    • Please, in attaching the requested documents, name them as it follows: Type of document_SURNAME_Name , i.e. CV_SMITH_John
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  • Applications for a residency period in the area of cultural management and networking are to be sent directly to the ACCR, before the 15th of March 2022 as it follows: through the form at the following link : https://forms.gle/pPES4i6eAJG58bnC6
    • Please, in attaching the requested documents, name them as it follows: Type of document_SURNAME_Name, i.e. CV_SMITH_John
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  • Applicants must choose in the list “Centres in France” at least one Centre (or ACCR), but not more than 3. The list is available online.
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  • Applicants wanting to propose a residency project to a Centre in France and a Centre within the international ACCR network, can do so, choosing the selected Centres in each list. In that case, the residency project must be in line with the cultural general project of each of the selected Centres. If accepted, the residency will take place for 2/3 of the time in France and the remaining 1/3 of the time in the chosen Centre member of the international ACCR network, e.g. Ujazdowski Castle of Contemporary Art.
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  • Applications should include:
    • Curriculum vitae / short biography;
    • Personal project for the residency period in line with the global project of the welcoming center;
    • Selection of works or link to on-line recording of music or theatre creations, if applicable, whenever possible;
    • Cover letter;
    • Recommendation letter;
    • Proof of residence (recent utility bill i.e. telephone, gas, electric);
    • Copy of passport or national identity card.
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  • The Odyssée artist-in-residency program allows residents whose projects have been selected by a CCR (Centre Culturel de Rencontre), member of the French network, to receive 1200€ per month and the refunding of their travel fees (up to a determined level depending on the distance from their country to the CCR). Residents are staying free of charge, within the Centre that has accepted them. Some Centers offers restauration on the spot, others reimburse restauration fees within a certain limit). Whenever possible, the Centre puts at their disposal material necessary for their residency project. The period of residency can vary between 1 and 6 months. 
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  • Agenda:
    • End of April 2022 : Odyssée Commission deciding on the applications
    • MayJune 2022 : Answers to applications.
    • Residencies from Autumn 2022 to Summer 2023
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  • For further information, please contact: residences@accr-europe.org